Overview
The New Product Manufacturing Engineer (NPME) is responsible for commercializing newly designed products and features, taking them from initial designs to volume manufacturing operations.
What you'll do
- Interface with Engineering functions to coordinate the release of new products and/or product improvements on module/product on PLC/CIP program.
- Release Super BOM to support Phase Gate Exits.
- Perform virtual builds to detect manufacturing build issues early, and determine the best and optimized manufacturing, sourcing, packaging and shipping strategy for the responsible module.
- Launch, release, approve and implement engineering change orders and Non-Standard Requests or Orders as required to support design engineering and the floor for new and existing products.
- Support new product documentation through OMS creation for NPI/CIP builds.
- Create and maintain Master Layout.
- Coordinate with Design SMEs in the development of tooling design and testing fixtures to achieve quality and productive manufacturing builds.
- Participate in new product builds and determine root cause analysis for issues arising during assembly and/or test of systems; drive short-term and long-term corrective actions.
- Interface between operations, design engineering and Global Product Management to implement the most feasible solution to resolve supplier, build and field issues following Corp processes.
- Evaluate work methods, procedures and policies.
- Develop and maintain new business processes; edit as necessary to ensure current practices are documented.
- Mentor and train lower-level engineers.
- Apply DFx principles (Design for Manufacturing, Aesthetics, Ergonomics, Producibility, etc.) to reduce product costs and improve delivered product quality.
- Perform Process Failure Mode, Effects and Criticality Analysis (PFMECA) when working with New Product Development.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's or equivalent degree in mechanical/manufacturing or equivalent.
- 7-10 years of work experience in the relevant industry.
- Demonstrated knowledge of manufacturing engineering discipline, theories, practices and principles.
- Knowledge of product structure, bill of materials, product safety requirements, material handling and root cause analysis.
- Minimum 3 years of hands-on experience on Creo / TCAI CAD tools.
- Working experience interpreting manufacturing drawings with complex GD&T requirements (1-3 years: basic).
- Knowledge of engineering processes, DFx (Design for Excellence) engineering principles, value engineering, producibility/manufacturability analysis, and test and tooling.
- Experience handling supplier problems and root cause analysis for short-term and long-term corrective action.
- Understanding of the basic function of ERP systems, preferably SAP.
- Very good communication and interpersonal skills in collaborating with various stakeholders inside and outside the company.
- Strong skills in product technology, change management, problem solving, communication, customer orientation, personal effectiveness, team skills and quality.
- Ability to manage dynamic priorities.
Nice to have
- Experience in Teamcenter (1-3 years: optional).
- Minimum 1 year of hands-on experience on 3D CAD modeling tools (1-3 years).
- DFm and DFp knowledge and experience.
- PFMECA process knowledge.
- Six Sigma and Lean principles.
Details
- Location: Bangalore, India.
- Full-time employee; employee type Assignee / Regular.
- Travel: yes, 10% of the time.
- Relocation eligible: yes.
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